Three Cheers for Harry Three Cheers for Harry
The familiar hallmark of Republican politics is what I call "roll-call slander." The party of Jesse Helms and Newt Gingrich, Lee Atwater and Karl Rove, pioneered the use of ridicu...
Aug 4, 2006 / The Nation
Women’s Health Crisis Women’s Health Crisis
If the Bush administration had any sense of commitment to the protection of endangered species it might consider adding "science" to its list. After thwarting stem cell research ...
Aug 3, 2006 / The Nation
Poll: Lamont Leads Lieberman by 13 Points Poll: Lamont Leads Lieberman by 13 Points
I was doing a radio interview this morning on the Connecticut Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate -- roughly the 50th in recent days -- with Jay Marvin, whose show on KKZN-AM i...
Aug 3, 2006 / The Nation
Beyond Petitions Beyond Petitions
It's 93 degrees outside my apartment window -- positively Nordic (it was 100 yesterday). This week, after years of resisting -- because of the expense, and the environmental impac...
Aug 3, 2006 / The Nation
It’s the War, Dummy It’s the War, Dummy
Ned Lamont keeps climbing. And Joe Lieberman keeps sinking. A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Lamont leading Lieberman by 13 points, 54 to 41 percent among likely Democratic ...
Aug 3, 2006 / The Nation
Donkey Dysfunction Donkey Dysfunction
It's always nice to be validated by the Washington Post. A month ago I wrote a feature article for The Nation inquiring whether Democrats, particularly the DNC, had a sufficient ...
Aug 2, 2006 / The Nation
The Wedding Crasher The Wedding Crasher
Since www.beyondmarriage.org launched last week, there's been surging interest in our statement and ideas. The New York Times' Anemona Hartocollis mentioned it in a long story, "F...
Aug 1, 2006 / The Nation
Long, Hot Summer for Wal-Mart Long, Hot Summer for Wal-Mart
Anti-Wal-Mart activism is pushing some Democrats to speak out against the company's exploitative practices. While Leslie Dach and many other Democratic operatives are collecting f...
Aug 1, 2006 / The Nation
Strange Bedfellows in Iraq and Lebanon Strange Bedfellows in Iraq and Lebanon
Here's an ironic scenario: as Israel fights a proxy war against Hezbollah, the United States is propping up an Iraqi government that helped create the Lebanese militants. David C...
Aug 1, 2006 / The Nation
Lieberman Loses New York Times Backing Lieberman Loses New York Times Backing
Does it matter that The New York Times has endorsed anti-war challenger Ned Lamont over Senator Joe Lieberman in the August 8 Connecticut Democratic primary? Of course it does. ...
Jul 30, 2006 / The Nation